The late David Hicks is one of the great designers of
the twentieth century. He is primarily known for his interior design,
but he was also involved with carpets, jewellery, fabrics, furniture,
wall paper, sheets and, last but not least, gardens. His approach was
dictatorial and uncompromising and he did not mince his words. What he
seeks to impart in this book is 'style' and it is very much a style of
his own.
His clear-cut attitudes are revealed in these writings on garden design
and on the gardens and styles which he admires. 'What I have sought to
achieve, all through my working life,' he writes 'is a liaison between
the past and the present day whilst maintaining a practical but somewhat
experimental attitude to outdated tradition. I have attempted to
introduce a lot of today and some of tomorrow whilst always keeping
appropriateness and the client's requirements foremost in my mind. This
applies to my interior designing, product designing, writing, jewellery
and garden designing. In every one of those visually dominated
activities quality, form and innovation are always of vital importance
to produce style.'
My Kind of Garden is superbly illustrated with photographs, by Dana
Hyde, of gardens David Hicks designed, and gardens from all around the
world which particularly appealed to his very personal sense of good
taste.
Переплет: Hardcover, 24 х 30 cm
Количество страниц: 272, illustrations: 475
Язык: English